Sooo yeah, I'm fat. Time for a change

The time has come for me to admit the fact that I'm completely out of shape and need to make a lifestyle change. I've pretty much let myself go over the past 10 years and it's now affecting every aspect of my life. From my marriage, to my pocketbook, ugh, it's time for a change.

My ultimate goal is to get down to 200-220lbs which on my frame would be very acceptable for me. I'm 6'1" and currently 304lbs. At this point, I'm going to attempt the high protein diet that my personal trainer is recommending. (he's also recommending that I keep a log, hence my posts) I am a complete open book on this, so any and all suggestions would be appreciated. I'll get some pics up when I'm not so embarrassed

Best of luck to you its a tough change to make but once you start seeing the results its gonna feel so good. The key to it is as simple as eating a clean solid diet cut out really all that junk food, soda, all that crap eat whole foods like chicken, beef, salmon, get in your veggies and fruit. A good thing to do if your going to be serious about this is to find out what your maintence calories are theres a few ways to do it which you can google i havent done in a while but it has to do with BMR and some other stuff. Once you find out your Maintence calories your going to want to aim for 200-500 calories under maintence and gauge from them if your not losing enough or too much. Your going to want to eat about 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day this keeps your metabolism going now they dont have to be big meals once you find your maintence you can divide them between the meals to your desire.

When it comes to training a personal trainer will help at the begining to motivate and to aid in lifts but once you get a steady understanding from him and this forum id drop him and do it on your own to save some money. Just keep it high intensity push yourself and get cardio in and the pounds will melt away.

Congrats on deciding to make the change main thing is to stick with it. Also At you point I wouldn't worry about fancy diets etc. Main thing will be slow calorie reduction and keep working out your metabolism will get higer. I highly recomend fit day or something of the sort so you can keep track of your calorie intake

You can DEF do this!!!!
About 2 and a half years ago I was 235-240 (I'm only 5'8)
Now I am about 175. Believe me If i can do you so can you.
Key is be consistent man but keep pushing it. Your at the right place if you need any advice, some of the posters here know there stuff really well.

I was 320 lbs. So personally. These numbers are not at all unrealistic. Its taken me probrably about 2 and a half years to get where i am now(and its not even that great)I mean for me it is. My self esteem had NEVER been higher. But man, the way I figured it out. Take a look at what your doing now. What can you do to make changes. For me it was stop drinking a 12 pack of beer everynight(did this for a good 3-4 years). Get my a$$ up and get outside. I started off slow. Before you knew it, I was jogging everyday, workingout a couple times a week. Weight started coming off. OK. You said it yourself. Its time for change. a million people can say, Hey your a fat [email protected]#K lose weight. But until YOU truly want to do it, That will be the only way for it to happen. So with that said. Best of luck to you brother. Stay strong and keep your head up.

i'm with ya bro, i'll be following along with ya. i am actually on the fat side myself (5'7 265) and i joined the forums for info and especially motivation. you can do it man and ill keep trying along with you.

We are all on your side bro. Best of luck to you. It`ll feel SOOOOO good once you start seeing it and have to buy new clothes because what you have now is too big for you. Donate them and keep going.
Of course once you get there you`ll want to do a bulk cycle and get back to the weight you are now but muscle!!!!!!! LOL. Then you`ll be looking for bigger(but very different) clothes. Better get that 2nd job now.

WOW! All I can say is holy crap, thank you! This support is amazing and is so motivating. I'm totally blown away. Considering where my self esteem is at, this is a huge boost for me. Thanks to you all!!!

So today was a day of lasts. I drank my last soda, pounded my last beer, ate my last 5 Guys cheeseburger, and ate my last french fry. It was also the last time I looked at myself in the mirror and said yuck. I snapped a picture this morning and will post it up in a couple weeks after I get to going. Today was also the last time that I step on the scale and have it read 304.

I'm actually excited, for the first time in a long time. I know this will be tough, and I know it will be a lifestyle change.... hell, I know I'll have to learn to love broccoli! But I can't wait.

Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart for the motivation, I won't let you down, or myself down for that matter!

WOW! All I can say is holy crap, thank you! This support is amazing and is so motivating. I'm totally blown away. Considering where my self esteem is at, this is a huge boost for me. Thanks to you all!!!

So today was a day of lasts. I drank my last soda, pounded my last beer, ate my last 5 Guys cheeseburger, and ate my last french fry. It was also the last time I looked at myself in the mirror and said yuck. I snapped a picture this morning and will post it up in a couple weeks after I get to going. Today was also the last time that I step on the scale and have it read 304.

I'm actually excited, for the first time in a long time. I know this will be tough, and I know it will be a lifestyle change.... hell, I know I'll have to learn to love broccoli! But I can't wait.

Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart for the motivation, I won't let you down, or myself down for that matter!

Good luck on your journey. Commit to the process and promise yourself that you will workout 3x per week for a year. At times progress will stall, but in a year you will see such differences that you will have all the motivation needed to continue.

Good luck bro. Im right where you are. I started about a month and a half ago. I was 310-315. Have made it down to 290ish so far. Just stick with it. This is actually the first time Ive taken starting pics. My Goal is 60 pounds by september and I want to see the before and after pics to motivate me to push even further. Personally (and I think most on here would agree) allow yourself to have something once a week. Weather it be pizza or some sort of food or even a beer. It helps with the mental part of staying motivated

Good luck bro. Im right where you are. I started about a month and a half ago. I was 310-315. Have made it down to 290ish so far. Just stick with it. This is actually the first time Ive taken starting pics. My Goal is 60 pounds by september and I want to see the before and after pics to motivate me to push even further. Personally (and I think most on here would agree) allow yourself to have something once a week. Weather it be pizza or some sort of food or even a beer. It helps with the mental part of staying motivated

Just keep it simple and take it one step at a time. As suggested find out what your maintenance calories are now. Log your food and see how much you need to maintain your weight for a week. Then you will know where you stand. You don't want to drop your calories too drastically at first because when you hit a wall, you will have to cut out a few more. So leave yourself some working room. You should be able to start with 3-3500 clean calories along with starting o work out and get the ball moving. When you hit a wall, up the intensity of exercise a bit. Then drop 200 cals.

After an extended period of probably 3-4 months on restricted calories your metabolism will start to slow down. So take a couple days and bump your calories back up to kickstart it again. Then every 2 weeks have a cheat meal to reward yourself and bump your calories a bit. Don't go crazy but enough to break the boredom and the slower metabolism. And when you get to 250, your maintenance cals will be lower as well as when you get to 200.

Just keep it simple and take it one step at a time. As suggested find out what your maintenance calories are now. Log your food and see how much you need to maintain your weight for a week. Then you will know where you stand. You don't want to drop your calories too drastically at first because when you hit a wall, you will have to cut out a few more. So leave yourself some working room. You should be able to start with 3-3500 clean calories along with starting o work out and get the ball moving. When you hit a wall, up the intensity of exercise a bit. Then drop 200 cals.

After an extended period of probably 3-4 months on restricted calories your metabolism will start to slow down. So take a couple days and bump your calories back up to kickstart it again. Then every 2 weeks have a cheat meal to reward yourself and bump your calories a bit. Don't go crazy but enough to break the boredom and the slower metabolism. And when you get to 250, your maintenance cals will be lower as well as when you get to 200.